tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331441403058020963.post1859965135693800293..comments2024-03-28T06:49:24.930-04:00Comments on International Political Economy at the University of North Carolina: The Reductionist GambleThomas Oatleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092437150746625670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331441403058020963.post-39895190929350638722013-02-05T21:24:46.093-05:002013-02-05T21:24:46.093-05:00Har.Har.Kindred Winecoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330671232391851377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331441403058020963.post-21627376223293915732013-02-05T21:18:03.167-05:002013-02-05T21:18:03.167-05:00Nor the imagination in practice.
Sorry, couldn...Nor the imagination in practice.<br /><br />Sorry, couldn't resist.Dan Nexonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802717151098392988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331441403058020963.post-12241635352758525042013-02-04T15:03:25.122-05:002013-02-04T15:03:25.122-05:00I think the point is that we have the appropriate ...I think the point is that we have the appropriate statistical tools. We just don't have the theoretical imagination.Kindred Winecoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330671232391851377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331441403058020963.post-48239864536410991122013-02-03T05:18:00.789-05:002013-02-03T05:18:00.789-05:00Social network analysis may help get around this p...Social network analysis may help get around this problem to an extent if I understand it correctly. <br /><br />It's also curious that political science types don't use structural equation modelling more since it has the potential to deal with recursive relationships, IVs in turn being DVs and so forth--although there are still quite a few methodological limitations.<br /><br />Still, SEM is more able to address issues of causal order that Herbert Simon identified.Emmanuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615366847433704476noreply@blogger.com